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Overview

A lovely balance of summer berries and light spices with soft tannins adding length on the palate. This medium bodied wine has an attractive

fleshy mid-palate and juicy freshness on the finish, ideal for early drinking enjoyment.

Region:

AUS - Multi-regional

State:

Multi-regional

Country:

Australia

Winery Tasting Notes

Colour

Dark cherry red.

Aroma

Lifted, fresh and lively, offering an array of ripe summer berries and dark spices, with just a touch of subtle oak lurking in the background.

Palate

A lovely balance of summer berries and light spices with soft tannins adding length on the palate. This medium bodied wine has an attractive

fleshy mid-palate and juicy freshness on the finish, ideal for early drinking enjoyment.

Food Matching

Tagliatelle with a field mushroom sauce, spaghetti with spicy tuna and tomato sauce, pepperoni pizza.

Wine Background

The name Rawson's Retreat is an informal reference to the stone cottage built in 1845 by Dr Christopher Rawson Penfold at the famous Magill vineyard in Adelaide, where - with wife Mary and daughter Georgina - he had settled the year before and was to soon establish the Penfolds winery, which still operates today.

Vintage

2010

Region

AUS - Multi-regional

Grape Style

Shiraz Blends

Closure Type

Screwcap closure

Alcohol

13.5%

Winery Profile

Australia's winemaking history of less than two hundred years is brief by European measures though, like Europe, punctuated by periods of extreme success and difficult times. From the earliest winemaking days Penfolds has figured prominently and few would argue the importance of Penfolds' influence on Australia's winemaking psyche.

Without the influence of Penfolds the modern Australian wine industry would look very different indeed. Sitting comfortably outside of fad and fashion, Penfolds has taken Australian wine to the world on a grand stage and forged a reputation for quality that is without peer.

Penfolds' reputation for making wines of provenance and cellaring potential might suggest a mantle of tradition and formality is the preferred attire of a company with so much history to defend. But to label Penfolds as simply an established and conventional winemaker, would be to confuse tradition with consideration and to overlook the innovative spirit that has driven Penfolds since its foundation, and continues to find expression in modern times.

If there is anything traditional about Penfolds, it is the practice of constantly reviewing the wines it already does well, and continuously evolving and refining styles as vineyards mature and access to ever older and more varied vineyard sites improves.